create_entity_regex

Creates a regular expression pattern from one or more entity names,
following standardized rules for flexible matching. The function converts
each input name to lowercase, escapes special regex characters, and replaces
spaces with a flexible whitespace pattern (<code>.?</code>). The individual patterns
are then joined with the pipe operator (<code>|</code>) to produce a regex that matches
any of the supplied names.

internal

Provides utility functions for standardizing economic entity (economy, aggregate, institution, etc.) name and id in economic datasets such as those published by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Aims to facilitate consistent data analysis, reporting, and joining across datasets. Used as a foundational building block in the 'econdataverse' family of packages (<https://www.econdataverse.org>).

Teal Emery

econid

Economic Entity Identifier Standardization

L. Teal Emery 

Christopher C. Smith 

Christoph Scheuch 

Teal Insights 

create_entity_regex function

<dl><dt>names</dt>
<dd>A character vector of entity names.</dd></dl>

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Create entity Name Regex Pattern — create_entity_regex

<dl>

<dt>names</dt>
<dd>A character vector of entity names.</dd>

</dl>

create_entity_regex: Create entity Name Regex Pattern

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